A Democratic member of the committee questioning IRS officials on the agency’s targeting of conservative groups on Friday criticized his Republican colleagues for being too partisan during the hearing.

“Right now, unfortunately, what you are seeing is a breakdown in the process,” Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) said on MSNBC after he stepped out of the hearing room for a TV interview. “It’s about partisanship once again and trying to somehow link this to the White House. It’s the same old, same old, exactly what people are really angry about what is happening in Washington today.”

Crowley, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, appeared on MSNBC while the hearing was ongoing. He said he planned on praising the committee’s chairman, Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) for pursuing the hearing in a bipartisan way, until he heard Camp’s opening statement.